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The Role of Culture in Torture and its Absence in Guantanamo’s Medical Care System

By Yumna Rizvi, Senior Policy Analyst
Published April 25, 2023

“In short, culturally competent medical care, including to the extent possible care provided by independent medical experts of the detainees’ nationalities, is needed at Guantanamo now,” writes Yumna Rizvi, CVT policy analyst, in Just Security. It is past time for the Biden administration to provide appropriate medical care to detainees.

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Yumna Rizvi is Senior Policy Analyst at CVT
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